Posts in category Dessert

This is by far the easiest gluten free almost-vegan (except for the chocolate) no bake snack bar you’ll ever make. Perfect for satisfying your sweet tooth without breaking your New Years resolutions! It is delicious, simple and a quick energy boost on the go or in-between meals. Compared to purchased granola or energy bars, which are m [...]

This whole grain cake is another version of my favorite kind of cake – the simple everyday cake, dusted with powdered sugar or frosted with a simple glaze, served with a little fruit, yogurt or whipped cream, not too sweet and easily adaptable. The recipe for French yogurt cake is all over the internet, and I have adapted the basic recipe by [...]

Growing up in Germany, we ate a lot of, what else – but German pancakes, also known as Pfannekuchen. These are very different than their American cousins, much thinner (no pun intended despite the unparalleled glaring obesity epidemic in the US), somewhere between a crepe and a pancake, and often filled or topped with sweet or savory accompa [...]

Sometimes, you just need chocolate. As I watch my man child son and BH (best husband) hover over Eagle Scout Project plans for hours and hours, I realize, that the only thing I can do for them is to bake something lovely, fragrant and chocolaty, being that I know nothing about building bookshelves, platforms and such. Please, keep me away fr [...]

This is a lovely cake, not too sweet, really easy to put together, and looks so pretty when dusted with some powdered sugar. This is my kind of cake – simple, fruit based, and mostly whole grain flour and, as far as cake goes – healthy ingredients and not too much sugar. Leftovers qualify for breakfast, especially with a plop of [...]

The air condition in my house is on strike. Not good, when temperatures are still sweltering above 90 degrees. This calls for some serious satisfying of the sweet tooth to appease the irritable mood that comes along with stifling heat. I settled on no bake cookies based on oatmeal and nutbutter. While they are NOT low in calories, they ar [...]

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